The Best American Magazine Writing 2015

Holt, Sid (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0231169590 / ISBN 13: 9780231169592

Published by Columbia University Press, 2015

About this Item

Features writing by authors such as Roger Angell, Rebecca Traister, Jonathan Van Meter, and more. Little to no shelf wear. Pages are clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best American Magazine Writing 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231169590
• ISBN 13: 9780231169592
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 13.21W x 20.07H x 3.05D centimeters 13.21 centimeters width by 20.07 centimeters height by 3.05 centimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This year's Best American Magazine Writing features articles on politics, culture, sports, sex, race, celebrity, and more. Selections include Ta-Nehisi Coates's intensely debated "The Case For Reparations" (The Atlantic) and Monica Lewinsky's reflections on the public-humiliation complex and how the rules of the game have (and have not) changed (Vanity Fair). Amanda Hess recounts her chilling encounter with Internet sexual harassment (Pacific Standard) and John Jeremiah Sullivan shares his investigation into one of American music's greatest mysteries (New York Times Magazine).

The anthology also presents Rebecca Traister's acerbic musings on gender politics (The New Republic) and Jerry Saltz's fearless art criticism (New York). James Verini reconstructs an eccentric love affair against the slow deterioration of Afghanistan in the twentieth century (The Atavist); Roger Angell offers affecting yet humorous reflections on life at ninety-three (The New Yorker); Tiffany Stanley recounts her poignant experience caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's (National Journal); and Jonathan Van Meter takes an entertaining look at fashion's obsession with being a social-media somebody (Vogue). Brian Phillips describes his surreal adventures in the world of Japanese ritual and culture (Grantland), and Emily Yoffe reveals the unforeseen casualties in the effort to address the college rape crisis (Slate). The collection concludes with a work of fiction by Donald Antrim, exploring the geography of loss. (The New Yorker).

About the Author

The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for magazine journalists in the United States. ASME sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Sid Holt is chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a former editor at Rolling Stone and Adweek magazines.

Evan Ratliff is editor of the National Magazine Award-winning digital publication The Atavist. A contributing writer at Wired, he has also written for The New Yorker, Outside, and National Geographic.